Death was walking toward a city one
morning and a man asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to take 100 people,"
Death replied.

"That's horrible!" the man said.

"That's the way it is," Death
said. "That's what I do."

The man hurried to warn everyone he
could about Death's plan.

As evening fell, he met Death again.
"You told me you were going to take 100 people," the man said. "Why did 1,000
die?"

"I kept my word," Death responded. "I only
took 100 people. Worry took the others."

This interesting tale portrays so well
what the US National Mental Health Committee reported a few years ago - half of
all the people in America's hospital beds are constant worriers. Mental
distress can lead to migraine headaches, arthritis, heart trouble, cystitis,
colitis, backaches, ulcers, depression, digestive disorders and yes, even death.
the mental fatigue of nights without sleep and days without peace, then we get a
glimpse of the havoc worry plays in destroying the quality and quantity of life.

Worry is, and always will be, a fatal
disease of the heart, for its beginning signals the end of faith.

Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse
the fears of tomorrow and receive instead, the peace of today.

Free
your mind and you will be glad you did.

(Unfortunately I do not know the source of this
story. If you know please e-mail me so that I can
acknowledge. Thanks.)